This slide set was used in conjunction with face to face PD session: "Write About It B" in the Writing strand of professional development for Project Connect in the Saint Joseph School District.
11. It is easier to act your way
into a new way of thinking
than it is to think your way
into a new way of acting.
-Burchell & Robin, The Great Workplace
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13. Almost all teachers can take
useful information back to
their classrooms when training
includes three parts:
(1) presentation of theory,
(2) demonstration of the new
strategy, and (3) initial practice in
the workshop.
-B. Joyce, 1980
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16. What is a pond?
10 min:
Silently & independently
connect to your
Midwestern schema
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17. Connect
your brain.
10 min:
Silently &
collaboratively
scribble your way. Tell.
Ask? Mindmap. Draw.
Share. Connect.
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18. what estimate
lives
in a
10 min worth of:
populations
WHAT?
living vs.
pond? non-living
diagram a pond
areas within a pond
pond food web
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19. Cross-
Pollinate.
7 min:
Rotate.
Study another
group. Fill in gaps.
Make connections.
Cross pollinate.
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20. Organize
your thoughts.
10 min:
Photograph. Ask
questions. Import.
Add notes. Elaborate.
Exploit the commons.
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21. Input: next
15 min:
Research.
Answer questions.
Share. Post. Publish.
Elicit responses.
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22. ...to blog is
to teach yourself what
you think.
-Shelley Blake-Plock
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